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suNkEN VESSELS.

Description Of the Process Employed In
Raising Them.
The dead weight of the vessel was set
down at 1000 tons. and she had on
board when sunk, cargo to the extent
of 1,400 tons. Some of the latter had
been lifted, but on the other hand it
was estimated that this had been more
than compensated by the silt that had
driftcd in, so that the weight to be
raised was put down at 1900 tons. The
first steps were to set about making the
cables and to purchase four lifting
hulks. These were capable of raising
500 tons each. 30 that there was but 200
tons left as margin Of safety; . factor.
however, which has necessarily often
very modest proportions in wrecking
operations. Two vessels are OF iron. while
two are of wood. The ropes consisted
Of flexible steel wire made into strops Of
various lengths from two to twenty
fathoms, in order to facilitate opera
tions by giving greater ease in
handling. The ropes are made of six
strands, each strand consisting of
thirty -seven steel wires. The lifting
ropes are passed round the wreck by
divers and see-sawed into the required
spot. The hunks are strengthened in
all directions by internal timbering. so
as to Withstand the nip brought on
them when the wreck is being raised.
The outside of the hulks are protected
by wood packing faced with iron. The
blight of the main lifting ropes being
passed under the wreck are hitched
over the hulks by means Of the strops,
the latter being secured by clamps.
The hulks in rising with the food will
carry the wreck clear of the bottom.
Guided by couple Of tugs the whole ID
carried into shallow water.-E Engineer
ieQ.
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men-aissoIsse. sir; for l have never
known. in all my practice. drinking
young man who was not user of to-
bacco first Some can stand. tobacco
better than others. but l have yet to
find one system whose action is not
rendered absolutely vicious by it. 10
some organizations. strong. yet soifsi-
tive-fne organizations like this young
neutrality-suspicious. the con-
stitution all up!'
The doctors emphasis was terrific.
'Poor Dick must be very low" thought
MIR. Sterling. Then he said aloud: II
know that tobacco is injurious, doctor;
and regret its prevalent use. T. (col-
oring)-'I sometimes smoke cigar
myself"
"Then the sooner you stop smoking
q cigar yourself, growled the doctor,
''the better for you and for others
through your example, sir"
Mr.. Sterling colored more deeply; but
he was a very honest man. ''You mean
well, DOCTOR" said he, land l will
stop"
.'Well, you mean we'll, toe" returned
the doctor. with his low smile. and they
parted very amicably.
Four months before Gordon could be
rowed by Charlie in the new boat on
the old. dear lake! In the rich sum
shine of an autumn day they foated
along the softly-curving shore, under
branches of crimson and gold, past the
sumach trees and the thorn-apple
bushes. and the woods where the yellow
mandrakes were hanging.
Il guess" said Gordon, in a very
faint voice, from his bank Of pillows in
the stern. and with very faint smile,
II guess shall pull through, Ham,"
"Why, Of course you WILL" replied
Charlie. briskly, and his voice seemed
to both Of them to have the volume Of
small cataract ''Of course; l told
you you would Why. you are getting
fat
Gordon passed his hand over the
hollows in his cheeks, with another
smile, and continued: "You know what
the doctor said made me sick
Charlie nodded.
Broke my nervous system all up.
Well, / know those high school fellows
got to smoking because smoked--little
ones. some of thcm-and I've planned,
when l get well and go back there.
to start a club. called the Anti-Tobacco
Club. and get 'em all in it. l can do
that much"
''Goodr' cried Charlie, dropping his
oars to applaud; land you can APP
pear before the wsrld, and make
speeches in the character of the re-
formed smoker.
In time the club was formed. 1t met
every week in a room hired and furn-
ished by the parents Of the members;
and there they played games, and read
aloud (more tobacco literature in their
first enthusiasm than afterward) and
discussed subjects, and finally wrote
ARTICLES" 1t grew and flourished;
and to-day, though the illustrious
founder and his friend, the first presi.
dent, are in college. it is considered an
honor for any boy to belong to that
club. Florence e. Weld. in N. r
EzGniner.
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The views Of futile. Fairchild and
the others may be popular in Iowa and
Indiana, but in other communities
they do not have much support That
this Is true the following resolution
adopted by the Kerwith Post the
largest and most influential in New
Haven. Conn, may be offered - evi.
dence:
Bssosoed, That this pat disapproves end
condemns sny demonsteation q dtsrespeol
agetnst the Commandee4nzCAief % ~ arm
and nayy q he Unffed eeatss, belisvine = N
do hat Tie spirit Of loyalty y No past = sti1
the spirit nat holds ~ 0rand Army % ~
Republic - an org.nfxe11on froe from politics.
strife; md We condemn the action Of any uom
Der o. menbers o. the Grand Army q tAo ho
public who would attempt 70 turn ~ orxani
xstion into political naehina"
The old soldiers are beginning to 81
how foolish they have been IN allow
ing themselves and their Organization
to be used ~ the tools Of pclitiei.nl
who care no more for the Grand ARM
than they do Tor docency. - Chiceol
Naoa
We eivs due warning % neuul,.
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with me, you know
Gordon did know it all; therefore he
subsidized rather helplessly into friendli-
ness, and Charlie prudently changed
the subject to one less dangerous.
Bowed any today"
mo, I haven't; felt one Of my con-
founded headaches coming ON this
morning and gave 1t up. / wish
hadn't now"
you've only q week more. you
know
Il know it, and / need practice;
don't pull the oar-or throw the ball
either-that did awhile ago."
20, you did some good playing this
afternoon" replied Charlie, consol-
ingly. 'You knocked Mr.. McGinnis
out capitally."
did II" Gordon frightened. "You
know I've got to win that race. Ham. l."
'Of course, for the honor Of the
school, for the happiness of your
friends, for the glory Of your country,
but not to get the new boat which your
bcrc~,1 c...1~.~..x ..;.l -.
~ rar, o '
~ mop, .oho.a co~1or ,.,ch;rc
..W.sr,t q GOOD ~ grardfs,hsr
though? He knew. of course that
the embroidered flag would belong to
the club. and in case of my beating
that military academy fellow, he wants
4
40 vou,ve got ~ VIM, renaated
Charlie d.c:s;Telv. .hu. that fellow.
Cooavesr Il goo5 o.rsmarr
..Thaf's 40. and here 7 am out Of
trainino-all the f.nlt Of those con-
fonnded headaches Come on. lets ro
down 70 the p;er and oct = boat Of
R.hcocL and have row now
The day Of the race arrived. At
three o'clock the little pier, in a CAV
fiutter of flass. was filed with lockers
on; groups sat in the gardens of the
cottages. and stood along the edge of
the grove. while boats. under bright
awnings. Law Quietly on the water at
seeing distance. The lake was a mile
in width: and the course was directly
across to the pier, from a point OBJ
posite. marked by . cur;ous tree--a
tree which s,ood ont acainst the skv
ds~b slard.- .r,,..'.;o.I o,ss No..
NV IT, hr.r.hss cor.,aS ,,;.h so,;s~a
scsrce,v sn0ces,ed tho form wh;ch
made its renown.
asoodvesr The ch.mc;on ~ Tho MI,
,t.rv Academy Cguh wa. large .rd
he.vv. ~. mn.s,os 80 rr,.;sd ,,,o~. e.. .h.n
would have sn;ted ! ..tr.;ner y hit ha
r,,se5 !. s,e.dv ro....s.,, 80 f,e-d,
taller and more sIsrasr hut strcn~ srS
v.ll-hn;t o.ve : nn;cter strck. end :
sh,rner mi, Rnt - course thar
rov;rc wss lar from ...c;ert;6c.,, .rd
the licht boats thew nnshsd ont IN and
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James G.'s veraclty.
Governor Foraker. in his speech boz
fore some Of his Ohio constituents, was
led, in his desire to make points
against President Cleveland. into what
was really severn arraignment OF
Mr.. Blaine's political veracity. In
order to show that the Democrats
President Il responsible for new OUT
break Of disloyal feeling in the South,
which the Ohio Governor pictures -
existing to-day. he allowed himself to
draw delightful sketch OF the quiet
loyalty that had grown up in the
Southern States during the Republican
Administration at Washington. But
on November Is. 1884 before the In
auguration Of President Cleveland.
Mr.. Blaine. smarting under his finally
acknowledged defeat, made speech
at Augusta, Me-. outlining the future
course Of the Republican party. which
amounted practically to fitting it out
with : supply Of new bloody shirts.
To show the difference in the pictures
Of the South as it was in 1884 drawn
by Foraker and Blaine, we bring some
Of their sentences together:
- yonSE.n . ~. -. sI.ds. !. -.
No as and South ssIs1 10.
years whom he became rebonlon WELD the 20
President During thatlltttcal power which has
time the prejudice thatItriumphed In the late
had led to Il had almostIeloceton It y
completely faded away,Ie stu more significant
and both e the scush|faet that II those state,
dinlcult 10 and apylto the Union. no matter
s ssss s :. Is ssss ss s.s s. q
dered By the great con-lsiifntcst cnance o. 20
dict The people Of thellttical promotion
South had como 70 eeeI
and ooncede the error
Of their cause. On ell
the exsoldier5 Of the|
Confectionery, there WasI
growing feeling ofpros
found thonkfulneso tha4I
they had been beaten mi
battle, and that, ~ aI
consequence, slaveryI
had been destroyed andI
they had been saved toI
be part and 70 enj0yI
the blossings Of theI
Union. The results OF
s ss g IS every.
where recognized andI
accepted. and upon thoI
basis Of their accept
auco the sections WeroI
becoming more securely
bound together in union
than they had ever beenl
before.
Il was believed tha4 The colored popula-
the day was not far disjtion, almost to man,
tant when the South, desire TO support the
recognizing the justicclR Republican party; bui
and equity that werolby system Of cruel n
involved, would with Intimidation, and b. No
credftablo pride IL 0oIl6noo end murder
ing what was right ac-IN horever violence end
cord TO even the mostImurder arc thought
humble colored man thoIuecoosary, they aFo ab
full enjoyment, ct thelDolutoly deprived Of 81
ba1lot-box and other political power.
wise, Of al the righ&sIft (the question Of 20
guaranteed by the Con-llitical fneQuality1 Be-
Stitut1ou. oomes the primal Ques.
ltion Of American man
hood
Whether Governor Foraker has for
gotten all about the Augusta speech Of
Mr.. Blaine, or whether his zeal as .
Sherman man now leads him to hasten
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Tho colored popula-
|tion, almost to . man,
desire TO support the
Republican party; bat
BY . system Of cruel IN
|timidatson, and b. NO
hence end murder,
|Nherever violence end
murder arc thought
|neeessary, they sro ab-
|solutoly deprived Of I'll
power. :
&c (the question Of 20
|ntical lneQpality] be-
|comes the primal Ques-
|tion Of American man.
hood
~ Foraker haa for
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I
| Few persons in the
North realize how conn
lpletely the chiefs Of the
rebellion WELD the DO
littcA1 power which has
Itriumphod In the late
ELECTION. = : H y
h stu more significant
fact that In those States
|no man who was loyal
TO tho Union, no matter
how strong . Democrat
h0 may be, has tho
Islightcst chance Of pos
|ltticAl promotion
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the Water on Cne SnOre ana tne song OF
. distant bird.
In the evening Gordon was taken
home. The next morning. very early.
Charlie was At the door. He came away
with slow step and . dropping head.
Say! s he any better in there-that
Teller at got sick t the race?'' called q
small boy who was running by.
Get outr' said Charley, roughly.
Then he went after the boy and gave
him handful Of peanuts with bright
penny among them. What he had heard
was not encouraging.
Later in the morning Mr.. Sterling.
the principal Of the high school. met
DR.. Goldsby. and stopped him, to i'm
quire tenderly and anxiously about his
pupil. DR.. Goldsby was cross. He
was always cross when he had dad
case" and the condition of his patients
was accurately indicated by the rise
and fall Of his suavity. After . few mo-
,nsnts' talk, Mr.. Sterling said: II
feared there was danger; but what .
sudden and singular prostrationl What
can be the cause Of it?"
'.Humph! The caused Tobacco!''
replied the doctor, savagely, bringing
his cane down upon the sidewalk with
q great thump. and glazing At Mr.. Ster-
ling.
Tobacco! tobaccop" repeated Mr..
Sterling. "Why-how II was not
20, Of course you were not 'awarer
Who ever is aware of . mischief until it
Is doneP But rather think / would
know it il there were twenty five boys
in my school who were smoking, led by
the example Of one. The fact is. sir.
boys all over our country are learning,
almost before they are out Of petticoats.
and long before they are out IT short
trousers. habit that makes them
eickly. idle, useless aud dissolgte young
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Happenings Over in Charleston.

The work of the erection of the Enston
Home cottages, or rather the building of the
village, is progressing satisfactorily. Five
of the cottages are now receiving the finish
ing touches, and will be turned over in
about two weeks.
An invitation was sent to the Busch Zou-
ayes, of st. Louis, to visit Charleston
during the Festival week In reply to the
invitation Mr.. Krumsick announces the dis
organization of this crack company whose
novel drill has been a wonder to every
body who has seen it. at is
with exceeding regret" says Mr..
Krumsick, that | am forced to convey the
painful information that the Busch Zouaves
as formerly organized are no longer in exist
ence. The company was one of the militia
companies of Missouri, and when the entire
State militia was disbanded by order of the
Governor in consequence of the State Legis-
lature failing to make an appropriation,
the Busch ZouaveS We're disbanded and mus
tered ont as we'll as the rest. An effort is
now being made by its former captain to
reorganize, but most of its best and most
efficient members have left the company
and the city, and the new formation is not
sufficiently advanced in any way to take
the field for any purpose"
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make the change he would prefer consult
ing their interest to that of strangers. He
does not know, however, that it would be an
Inconvenience TO the citizens.
EMPLOYERS WANT A CHANGE.
Most employers are in favor of having
only one time for the use of two, splits the
dinner hour Some men want to go 10 din
ner by standard time because, perhaps,
some other member of the family works
where standard time is used and the meals
are served accordingly, while Others want to
use city time for the same reason. They
say that the use of two systems is a
perfect nuisance They do not care whether
city or standard time is abolished, but they
are extremely anxious that either one or the
other should 60 Standard time, of course,
will never be dropped. The government
has adopted it for permanent use.
After years of hard work devising
uniform system, the railroads
have settled upon this as the most perfect
that can he made, and all things dependent
upon railroads and the arrival and depar-
ture of trains must use standard time for
the railroads will never give ii up. All
other cities with one exception, have also
adopted it and given ID their city time
Savannah and Columbus stand alone.
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SIFTINGS OF CITY NEWS.
LITTLE GOSSIP FROM THE STREET
AND SIDEWALK.

Dashes Here and There by the News
Reporters - Yesterdays Happenings
Told in Brief ragraphs-Pickings at
Police Headquarters.
The walks through Chatham Square are
being paved with brick.
Post d, of the Travellers Protective As
sociation, will meet tonight at the Marshall
House.
The stockholders of the Burglar Alarm
and District Telegraph Company, will hold
an adjourned meeting tonight at Metro
politan Hall.
In the Mayors Court yesterday Andrew
Mack was sentenced to pay fine of 81 or
spend fifteen days III Jail, his offense being
disorderly conduct. Mary Cole, charged
with street-walkjng, was dismissed, as was
also l.. A. Meyers, who was charged with
vagrancy.
City Treasurer Hardee announces that
the city taxes for the third quarter of 1887
are now due on real estate, stock in trade,
furniture, money, solvent debts, etc, and
also ground rents in arrears for two or more
quarters. discount of 10 per cent. will
be allowed on payments made by Oct. ID.
William Duncan CcoloredD was taken to
the barracks at l2:15 o'clock this morning.
charged with assaulting and cutting Ran
dolph Hazel (colored No particulars of
the affair could be obtained, as the officers
on duty did not know where the cutting
took place, how badly Hazel was cut, or
anything further than that Duncan was
charged with doing the cutting.
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GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.

General Freight and Passenger Agent
McSwiney, of the Charleston and Savan-
nah railway, has been asked by the young
men of Charleston to accept the nomination
for Alderman from his ward. Mr.. Nc
Swiney has, however, declined,
Young O'Brien, brakeman on the South
Carolina railway, fell from the top of car
while the train was in motion. His clothes
fortunately caught in an iron hook on the
side of the car, and he was carried in that
awkward position for more than mile.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of
Philadelphia, are employing 1000 hands,
and for the first six months of the present
year turned out BIS locomotives They now
have orders on hand for $50, and the output
for the year will, it is estimated, reach $50
the largest number ever known.
The Tavares, Apopka (Fal and Gulf
railroad is expected to reach Kirkland and
Clermont in thirty days. The work of
track laying will be pushed forward with
out delay, and rails will be laid into Kissim-
NEE by Dec. l. The work is now going
ahead at the rate of nearly mile day.
The Townsville Times says: Capt. Rey-
nolds and his corps of engineers having
completed the location of the Townsville,
Tallahassee and Monticello road to Talla-
hassee have moved back in the neighbor-
hood of the junction. The work of loca-
ting the permanent line to Monticello,
will proceed without interruption until
completed. when the quantities will be
figured up, so that both towns will know
exactly what amounts they will have to
raise. "
The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided case similar to that of the
State of Georgia VS.. the Pullman Company
to collect State tax, so as to sustain Judge
Pardee's decision The State can collect tax
on the Pullman Palace Car Company's bust
ness, which is begun and ended within its
borders, but cannot tax interstate com
merce. The tax for 1886 and the last quar-
ter of 1885, was paid Thursday on that basis
The amount was $6I for fifteen months, as
against about $500 year, formerly paid by
the Pullman Palace Car Company.
The long-talked of extension Of the ST.
Augustine and Halifax River railway from
St Augustine to New Smyrna, Fla, at last
seems to be getting in tangible shape. The
St Augustine and East Coast Railway Com
pany has been Incorporated with the fol-
lowing incorporatOrs: S. j. Fox, s. Flem-
ing, Port Orange; F. F. Ohveros and George
w. Gibbs 1t is said that the road will
be Immediately constructed, following the
line mapped out for the st. Augustine and
Halifax River road. Work will be com
menced on Oct. Is, and rapidly pushed
With the White road, the East Coast road,
and, probably the Blue Spring road, Day
iona, Fla, will be quite a railroad center.
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THE ISABELLA IN DISTRESS.
The British Brig Springs a Leak and
Makes for the Nearest Port.

Inc BRUSH brig springs a LEAK ana
Makes for the Nearest Port.
The British brig Isabella, Capt. James,
arrived up from quarantine yesterday in dis
tress. She left Bull River on Sept. IA with
a cargo of phosphate rock bound TO Ex-
mouth, Eng. She encountered good
weather until Saturday. Sept, II, in about
latitude 1920, longitude 1S' in the forenoon,
when it became very cloudy and the
barometer fell 2-l0 of an inch, the wind
freshened up from north northeast, with a
very heavy sea on. By 3 o'clock in the af
ternoon it blew perfect hurricane from
the northeast until Sunday morning, when
it lessened somewhat During the preva-
lence of the storm great quantities of water
came aboard the vessel, and at times
making clean breaches over her, washing
everything movable from off the deck She
labored very heavily in the storm, and
sprang a leak which kept the crew con
stantly at the pumps. The gale lasted all
day Sunday, Sept Is, and the leak
increasing, Capt James decided to
make for the nearest port, and bore up for
Tybee, where she arrived Saturday night,
Sept. "A. The Captain, who is a stranger to
this coast, did very neat piece of work in
bringing his vessel into Tybee Roads and
anchorng her during a very dark night,
without pilot A survey will be called
and the vessel will probably be hauled out
for examination and reDairS.
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WHERE WE WORSHIP.
Services in the City Churches Sun

OSFNlCeS III GIlS OlJy CnuTCn6S sunday
Christ Church, johnson square, Rev
Thomas Boone. rector.-The seventeenth
Sunday after Trinity. Morning prayer
sermon and holy communion at II o'clock
Sunday school at $3.50 p. m. Evening ser.
vice at $50 o'clock. On Wednesday even
ing service at > 30 o'clock.
ST. Johns Church. Madison square, the
Rev. George w. e Fisse, rector I'D interim
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. Morn
ing prayer, holy communion and sermon
at II a. m. Sunday school at 1870 p m.
On Wednesday next, evening prayer at
o'clock.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the As
cension. w. S. Bowman, ID. d., pastor. -Di-
vine service tomorrow at II a. m. and S. n
m, and on Wednesday at 1 p. m. Sabbath
school at y. IN. Holy communion at morn
ing service All are invited.
Trinity Methodist Church, Barnard, be-
tween York and President, Rev. T. T.
Christian, pastor.-Sermon and sacrament
of the Lords supper at II a. m. Preaching
at $50 p NJ, by the pastor. Sunday school
at $3.50 p m. All are invited
Marvin Methodist Church, Roberts and
Cemetery streets. Sunday school at $50 a.
m. Preaching at 800 p m, by Rev. j r.
Brundage Prayer meeting every Wednes-
day evening.
Baptist Church. Preaching by the pastor
at II a. m and S p. m; young mems prayer
meeting at 10 a. M; Sunday school at 1
p. m. Public cordially invited.
First Presbyterian Church, Monterey
square, Rev. j. w. Rogan, pastor.-Servi-
ces at II a. m. by a member of the session
No evening service. Sabbath school at D.
IN. prayer meeting Thursday evening at s
o'clock
Anderson Street Presbyterian Church
Rev. r. G. Way, pastor. Preaching By
the pastor on Sunday at II a. m. and at
s p m. Sunday school at $50 a. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m
All are invited